Journal profile · ETHNIC STUDIES
Social Identities
ISSN 1350-4630 · eISSN 1363-0296 · Taylor & Francis
Social Identities: CAS Zone 4 · Sociology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.3 (journal website); JCR Q2 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 244 days to acceptance (93 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 34% (journal website); 74 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Social Identities is published by Taylor & Francis and is in Zone 4 of Sociology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Migration, Refugees, and Integration, Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies and Diaspora, migration, transnational identity, together about 27.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Sociology and Political Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Recent years have witnessed considerable worldwide changes concerning social identities such as race, nation and ethnicity, as well as the emergence of new forms of racism and nationalism as discriminatory exclusions. Social Identities aims to furnish an interdisciplinary and international focal point for theorizing issues at the interface of social identities. The journal is especially concerned to address these issues in the context of the transforming political economies and cultures of postmodern and postcolonial conditions. Social Identities is intended as a forum for contesting ideas and debates concerning the formations of, and transformations in, socially significant identities, their attendant forms of material exclusion and power, as well as the political and cultural possibilities opened up by these identifications. Besides the regular range of articles, Social Identities also features Specificities and Debate sections, an occasional book review section, and special issues on topics of note. Please note that this journal only publishes manuscripts in English. Peer Review Policy: All research articles published in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymized refereeing by at least two anonymous referees.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): ETHNIC STUDIES
Editor-in-chief Ioana VrabiescuPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Migration, Refugees, and IntegrationSocial Sciences12.7%
- Jewish and Middle Eastern StudiesSocial Sciences8.1%
- Diaspora, migration, transnational identitySocial Sciences7%
- Anthropological Studies and InsightsSocial Sciences5.9%
- Migration and Labor DynamicsSocial Sciences5.8%
- Migration, Ethnicity, and EconomySocial Sciences5.5%
- Race, History, and American SocietySocial Sciences5.1%
- African history and culture studiesSocial Sciences4.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Sociology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Ethnic Studies | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Sociology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Ethnic Studies | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q2 · best quartile · 2025
- CiteScore Q2 · 2025
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
PsycINFOPublisher website
Other: OCLC, ASSIA, CSA Worldwide Political Science Abstracts, Educational Research Abstracts Online, Geobase, International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS), International Political Science Abstracts, Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts, Media Information Database, Social Services Abstracts, Sociological Abstracts, Sociology of Education Abstracts
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.3Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.6LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 1.6Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.36LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.36Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.24LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 1.24Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 66OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 532OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.08OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 7.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 14.07%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 62LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 155,000Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 155,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,553 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 60 | 9 | 9 |
| 2025 | 74 | 22 | 89 |
| 2024 | 60 | 13 | 112 |
| 2023 | 47 | 14 | 166 |
| 2022 | 38 | 12 | 124 |
| 2021 | 52 | 12 | 272 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
244 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 169 days – 339 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 13 days (93 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 254 days
- Sample
- 93 articles with submission and acceptance dates (144 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 34%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 34%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 115 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 115 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 142 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review 2025
- 142 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 13 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 13 daysPublisher website ·
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
Social Identities is a hybrid open access journal that is part of the Taylor & Francis Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research. Why choose open access? Increase the discoverability and reade…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Only publishes manuscripts in English. Model summary
Please note that this journal only publishes manuscripts in English.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- ISSN
- 1350-4630
- Electronic ISSN
- 1363-0296
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 32, Issue 5 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Social Identities
What CAS zone is Social Identities in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Social Identities is in Zone 4 of Sociology, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Ethnic Studies. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Sociology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Social Identities?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 1.3 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 1.6, h-index 66.
How long does peer review take at Social Identities?
Based on the dates recorded on 93 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 244 days (interquartile range 169–339 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 34% (2025). Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
What JCR quartile is Social Identities in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q2 (best quartile). JCR quartiles are Clarivate's to confirm and a different system from the CAS zones; in the CAS ranking the journal is in Zone 4 of Sociology.
Which databases index Social Identities?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Social Identities is indexed in ESCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists PsycINFO; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Social Identities open access, and what is the APC?
Social Identities is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-25). Last updated: .